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My ex from Norway mentioned how unusual it was that so many places and people here fly our flag (USA), so I was curious to hear what it's like for others here on the fediverse.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In the UK, you generally don't see people flying the Union Jack unless its a major sporting event, or its a major governmental sort of building.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I am from India. It was illegal to fly the flag untill a decade ago. It took a supreme court verdict to get the right to fly the flag in private residences. So it is not common at all. You would see government buildings and some schools hoist the flag every day. In my school it was every Friday. I have walked around suburbs in US and almost every house had a flag in their porch. Very big ones too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Very common in Mexico during September. Otherwise not that common but also not frowned upon. There's no signficance behind it.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Somewhat common in Brazil, but nowadays the nationalistic far rights are the only ones who fly it

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am from Philadelphia, PA, USA. Nobody in my neighborhood have a flag on their yard. I tend to see lots of flags when I travel through rural areas. People with pickup trucks seems obsessed with flags on their car.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

As a former Philly suburban who's moved to the rural PA, can confirm.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm from the western US. It's not unusual here but when I see it I usually assume the person doing it is a weirdo.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

UK here. A UK flag is only flown from govt buildings unless it's some royal event or football but then it's usually the individual national flag such as England, Scotland, Wales, etc

The union flag & the St George cross (Englands flag) were co-opted by the far right in the 70s so flying one outside of the occasions named above had other people mark you as a bit of a nationalist & to be weary of you.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Northern Ireland is also part of UK. When I lived in the UK people would always ask me about northern Ireland because I'm Irish. My response: "It's your country mate, not mine"

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Here in the Philippines, it's generally around only on government buildings and schools. Some establishments and residences may opt to fly the flag as well, but most of us just don't bother at all.

Generally the flag doesn't have any negative (or positive) connotations. Both the leftists and rightists see the flag equally.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

US here. There are, of course, flags flown on at government buildings and those most often also include the state flag as well.

Flying an American flag personally definitely identifies you as someone who leans right-wing, and I think that's unfortunate because I quite like flags in general and would probably have a many different flags to display at different times (including the American flag at times) depending on the time of year.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

In Germany its pretty much only Nazis, Rightwing people and the Bundeswehr, so also often right wing people

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Northern Germany here. The German flag is usually only flown at government or other public buildings or, as another commenter said, when there's a special occasion such as an international football match.

Something a bit more common up here seems to be flying the state flag (blue, white and red), which can be seen in private gardens or on some residential buildings.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I lived in MD for a few years. The flag is everywhere. You can always tell someone from MD, no matter where you are, because the flag is incorporated into their clothing. I've never seen anything like it from anywhere else.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm just north in PA, I think MD has the best looking flag of any state. I understand why it's plastered on everything down there.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

In Spain it's extremely common to hang the flag on your balcony, especially since the pandemic. It's also quite common to see younger people wearing bracelets of the spanish flag. I'm not really a fan of it but most people don't do it for political reasons, it's just nornalized, so I can't really blame them.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In the UK it's very unusual unless it's football or royal related. The union flag, the Welsh flag and the Scottish flag are ok most of the time but the England flag is seen as being a bit racist.

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